Auto calculating columns in a sql table based on prevoius row data

Question

I am using sql server as back-end for developing my application in asp.net c#. Now i need to create a table with an auto calculating column(closing balance) as shown below:<

Answer 1

Seems to me like you don't need really need recursion...

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetClosingBalance(@Date date) RETURNS int AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @RetVal int
    SELECT
        @RetVal = SUM([in stock]) - SUM([out stock])
    FROM
        x
    WHERE
        [Date] <= @Date
    RETURN @RetVal
END

ALTER TABLE x ADD COLUMN [closing balance] AS (dbo.GetClosingBalance([Date]))

Answer 2

Assumption

1.Your table structure is like

Date | In Stock | Out Stock

2.You will insert a New Columns before calculating the balance.

3.Date is an Primary Column (Unique + Not NULL)

Taking the above assumptions:

You have make a SP if you want to use in C#

1.Create a temp table and assigned Row Number using Rank()

select 
rank() OVER (ORDER BY [Date]) as [Rank],
t1.[Date],
t1.[in stock],
t1.[out stock]
--,t1.[in stock]-t1.[out stock] balance
into #temp1
from (your table name)
;

2.Now you will be using the above temp table to get the Balance

WITH x AS
(
    SELECT 
        [Rank],
        [Date],
        [in stock],
        [out stock],
        bal=([in stock]-[out stock])
    FROM #temp1
    WHERE [Rank] = 1
    UNION ALL
    SELECT 
        y.[Rank],
        y.[Date],
        y.[in stock],
        y.[out stock],
        x.bal+(y.[in stock]-y.[out stock])
    FROM x INNER JOIN #temp1 AS y
    ON y.[Rank] = x.[Rank] + 1
)
SELECT 
    [Date],
    [in stock],
    [out stock],
    Balance = bal
FROM x
ORDER BY Date
OPTION (MAXRECURSION 10000);

Here is the SQL Fiddle where you can verify.